Judge For 4 Days Rutherford

Judge— ''for four days''
— Rutherford

By Rev. Edward Lodge Cur ran, Ph.D.

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Published by the

International Catholic Truth Society
407 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Copyright, 1940

Eev. Edwakd Lodge Curran, Ph.D.

Brooklyn, New York

Printed in U. S. A.
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HIMSELF

SUPPOSE the ordinary, good, decent patriotic American citizen,
who works hard, who tries to lead a moral life, who loves his
family, who believes in God, who practices religion, who is loyal to
his country, were to hear some of the following sentences over the
radio or from the disc of some revolving phonograph record:

"No one know^s the Scriptures but me . . . Read my books
and then you'll know the Scriptures ... If you understand the
Scriptures different from me, you're wrong, you're lost, you be-
long to Satan, you will be destroyed, there's no hope for you
. . . You must read my books and take my interpretation of the
Scriptures . . . No one else's interpretation counts . . . For nine.-
teen hundred years everybody has been wrong in interpreting
the Scriptures ... It is wrong to say that man has a body and
a soul . . . He only has one . . . Body and soul are just two names
for one and the same thing ... If you belong to a Church, you
belong to Satan . . . Satan is the head of every Church ... If
you salute the flag of your country, you commit a sin against
God . . . Satan is the head of every country . . . No one connected
with the government of the United States is on the side of God
. . . The American government is the child of Satan just like
every other government . . . Catholics and Protestants and Jews
are all alike, the enemies of Jehovah and the children of Satan
. . . There is no difference . . . Catholics are running the Prot-
estant Church . . . All those who believe in religion are children
of Satan . . . Do not support any Church . . . Instead, give all
your support, financial and otherwise, to me . . . Buy my books
and pamphlets . . . I'll tell you what the Scriptures mean . . .
Christ was only a man . . . He failed to bring the people back
to God . . . I'll bring the people back to God . . . Only 144,000
people, anyhow, are ever going to heaven . . . Most people are
lost forever . . . Only a few millions of all who ever lived will
be raised from the dead to inhabit the earth again . . . Christ
will come again in 1914 ; no, in 1918 ; no, in 1925 ; no, in 1930 ;
no, but what does a few years matter . . . When he comes you're
all lost unless you have read my books and taken my interpreta-
tion of the Scriptures . . . God is not interested in anybody's sal-
vation . . . Yes, He is . . . No, He isn't . . . Well, anyhow,
think of Jonah and Jonadab and Rahab and the Sheep and
the Goats and the Abomination of Desolation . . . The Catholic
Church is the Abomination of Desolation . . . The Protestant
Church is the Abomination of Desolation . . . The Jewish Church

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is the Abomination of Desolation . . . The League of Nations is
the Abomination of Desolation . . . Everything except me is the
Abomination of Desolation . . . Commerce is the Abomination
of Desolation . , . Business is the Abomination of Desolation,
that is, all business except the business of selling my books and
pamphlets . . . Catholics don't belong to the Catholic Church
. . . Protestants do belong to the Catholic Church . . . Annoy
people by playing phonograph records upon their doorsteps . . .
God has inspired my books just like the Bible . . . Denounce
every one w^ho is not a Witness . . . Look out, here it comes, the
Battle of Armageddon, the end of the world . . . Oh, no, that
was just a scare . . . Well, anyhow, it isn't far off . . . Buy my
books and get on the bandwagon ... If you are a loyal Church
member, if you are a good citizen, if you are trying to lead a
decent life, that doesn't count . . . You're lost . . . Unless you
buy my pamphlets and come over to me . . . Who said so . . .
The Bible said so . . . Where . . . Well, I don't exactly know,
but I said it and that's enough . . ."

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

What would be the reaction of the good ordinary American
citizen, whose ears were assailed with such tommyrot. First
of all, he would deny the possibility of ever hearing or reading
such tommyrot. Secondly, he would say that the author of any
such statements, either in books or over the radio, condemns
himself and destroys his authority by making them.

Yet, believe it or not, such thoughts and hundreds of others,
just as unreliable, are actually presented in pamphlets and books
and over the radio and on phonographs. These, and many
others, are the malicious, ignorant and unfounded statements
of the present head of a group called Jehovah's Witnesses, one
who calls himself "Judge" Rutherford, but who, in all accuracy,
should only be called Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford.

HIS TITLE

What claim has Joseph Rutherford to the title "Judge"?
The following facts, which were drawn from the Circuit Court
Records of Cooper and Morgan Counties, Missouri, by Father
Felix, O.S.B., are the only evidence that can be gathered in the
matter of Rutherford's "Judgeship."

LEGAL BACKGROUND

Rutherford was a lawyer in Missouri. He graduated from
no law school. He received no law degree. He became a law-
yer by first becoming a Court Stenographer. On the basis of

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his experience as a Court Stenographer Rutherford applied to be
admitted as a member of the Missouri Bar. He was examined
by a committee of five members of the Bar at Boonville, Mis-
souri, and admitted to the Bar of the State of Missouri, May 5,
1892. It is significant that he received no such formal and thor-
ough and cultural training in the law and in legal history and
practice as that which is furnished by modern law schools.

As a lawyer, Rutherford, like all other lawyers in the State
of Missouri, was privileged by law to sit in place of the regular
Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court whenever the latter was
absent and until the latter returned. In other words, he was
permitted to sit in place of the Judge. He did not preside over
the Circuit Court in his own name or in his own right. The
Statutes of the State of Missouri permitted the lawyers in a Cir-
cuit District to select one of their members to preside over the
Circuit Court until the regular Circuit Court Judge returned.

JUDICIAL BACKGROUND

Rutherford performed the duties of an "Acting Judge" for
four days. On two occasions there were no cases to be tried.
On the other two occasions only minor cases arose. This is the
only way in which Rutherford ever sat upon a Bench. At most,
he was an Acting Judge for four days.

Moreover, since Rutherford denounces all civil government
as the child of Satan and as the Abomination of Desolation, he
should be consistent and forever renounce the title which he
hugs to his heart and which is bait to capture the attention of
his audiences. How can the "great Rutherford," who denounces
all governments as the offspring of Satan and who declares that
no one connected with the government of the United States is
on the side of God, allow people to call him by a title which as-
sociates him with a judicial branch of government. If the gov-
ernment is the child of Satan, then the branches of governments
according to Rutherford, must be likewise Satanical. Then
also, if Rutherford is logical, any title indicating the holding of
office in such Satanic governments must be Satanical. On the
strength of Rutherford's own statements concerning the Satanic
character of all civil governments, including the government of
the United States of America, we cannot imagine how he can
tolerate the title "Judge" for a single instant.

He should also warn his followers against using it. In using
it they are subjecting Rutherford, according to his own state-
ments, to a diabolical insult. Moreover, if they must use it, and
Rutherford has done nothing to stop the use of it, they should at

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least be accurate and unite with us in referring to Rutherford as
Judge — "for four days"— -Rutherford. This will be in accord
with facts. This will stop anyone from presuming that Ruther-
ford ever performed judicial duties for a long period of time.
Henceforth, we shall refer to the subject of this analysis as
Judge — -"for four days" — -Rutherford.

PATRIOTIC (?) BACKGROUND

In this analysis of the message which Judge — "for four days"
— Rutherford shouts at his Jehovah's Witnesses, we are not in-
terested in the private life of the "Judge." In fact, up to the
time when he joined the followers of the late Charles T. Russell,
whom he succeeded, his private life holds no interest for anyone.
He was born in Missouri on November 8, 1869. He became a
lawyer in the manner already mentioned.

For four days he was selected by his fellow-lawyers to pre-
side over a Circuit Court in the absence of the Circuit Court
Judge. He became an attorney for Charles T. Russell, the foun-
der of the Russellites or Millennial Dawn People. In 1876, Rus-
sell "discovered", although he never let anyone into the secret of
his "discovery", that Christ had returned to the earth invisibly,
in 1874. When Pastor Russell, whose wife had been granted a
divorce in 1897 for infidelity and cruelty, died in 1916, Judge —
"for four days" — Rutherford succeeded him. He became head of
the International Bible Students' Association and of the Watch
Tower Bible and Tract Society.

In 1918 he was arrested and tried and convicted of wilfully
and illegally conspiring to produce insubordination and disloy-
alty on the part of the armed forces of the United States. He
was sentenced to twenty years, but was released, after the war
was over, on May 16, 1919. Since then, his tirade against organ-
ized government in general, and against the government of the
United States in particular, has continued. Under the spell of
his long, intricate and hopelessly unintelligible sentences the fol-
lowers of Russell have become known as "Jehovah's Witnesses."

COMMERCIAL BACKGROUND

The headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses is in Brooklyn,
New York. According to recent articles in the New York Post,
the property at 122-24 Columbia Heights is assessed on the city
tax rolls at $425,000, while that at 117 Adams Street is assessed
at $325,000. This is quite a sizable and valuable bit of real estate
to be owned by a group whose "judicial" leader denounces all
commerce as the operation of the devil.

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According to the articles which appeared in the July ISth,
16th and 17th issues of the New York Post, some 42,000 "pub-
lishers" or "pioneers" of Judge— "for four days" — Rutherford
are paid to sell his pamphlets and books and magazines through-
out the country. The radio station of the "Witnesses" is owned
by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Seventeen books
have been written by Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford.
Twenty-five cents apiece is the price required for the privilege
of wading through the chaotic thought processes and the garbled
scriptural interpretations contained in these books. According to the
New York Post, 1,008,127 copies of the volume entitled "Salvation"
were printed and sold in three months. According to the "Yearbook
of Jehovah's Witnesses", some 309,484,991 books and booklets have
been distributed throughout the world since 1920.

PROFITABLE ADDITION

In addition to his books. Judge — "for four days" — Ruther-
ford has written thirty-three sixty-four page .pamphlets. Then
there is the semi-monthly magazine called "The Watchtower"
and the bi-weekly magazine called "Consolation". These works
of Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford have appeared in eighty-
eight languages.

Add to these the 109 discs, whose duplicates carry the
"Judge's" chaotic thought processes and garbled scriptural in-
terpretations to those not fortunate enough to live close to the
society's headquarters.

Add to these the fact that over one hundred and thirty-eight
radio stations carry the voice of Judge — "for four days" —
Rutherford every week in the United States alone.

Add to these the fact that his army of Brooklyn workers, who
produce the paper, the covers, the ink, the paint, the paste, and who
print his vast array of publicity, receive only $10 a month.

Add to these the fact that millions of copies of his books
bring in 25 cents apiece; that millions of copies of his pam-
phlets bring in 5 cents apiece; that his own manufactured por-
table phonographs, together with three recordings by the
"Judge", bring in 10 dollars apiece; that the discs, duplicating
some "original" broadcast of the "Judge" sell for 70 cents apiece.

Add all these facts, which were gathered by the special fea-
ture writer of the New York Post, and you have a composite
picture of a monumental business and commercial and profitable
operation in the control of a man who rants against all commerce
as the operation of the devil. The poor people who are per-
suaded to part with their hard-earned money for the books and

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pamphlets and magazines and phonograph records of Judge —
"for four days" — Rutherford should know these facts. When
they give money for one of the "Judge's" magazines or books
or pamphlets or records, they are, in the "Judge's" opinion,
really playing into the hands of the devil, for, according to the
"Judge's" own statements, commerce, like government, is the
work of the devil.

The purpose of this pamphlet is to show that Judge — "for
four days" — Rutherford has no right to set himself up as a judge
in religious or scriptural matters. The purpose of this pamphlet
is to warn all real American citizens that the "Judge" is anti-
Protestant, anti-Catholic, anti- Jewish, anti-American, the enemy
of religion, the enemy of our country and the enemy of common sense.

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HIS WRITINGS

There is only one class of people with whom the rantings of
the "Judge" have any influence. He depends for his success
upon the fact that many people no longer read the Bible. He
appeals, therefore, to those who love the Bible but who do not
read it. No Catholic, no Protestant, no Jew, indeed, no Ameri-
can, to whatever religion he may belong, who reads the Bible
can help but discover the ignorance, the delusion and the false-
hood of the "Judge's" so-called Biblical interpretations.

We appeal to the Jehovah Witnesses themselves tp read the
Bible. We appeal to them to re-read the particular books of
Rutherford which we shall use as evidence. If they do so,
calmly and honestly and sincerely, they will soon renounce the
fantastic, intellectual slavery in which Judge — "for four days"- —
Rutherford holds them.

We have the greatest sympathy for those who accept the
"Judge's" Biblical interpretations as infallible, simply because
the "Judge" says so. We believe that they have accepted the
"Judge's" interpretations without reading the Bible and without
demanding any proof. By indulging in constant quotations
from the Bible the "Judge" palms himself off as an educated and
learned man. That impression will disappear by reading the
Bible and by analyzing the "Judge's" use of the Bible.

It is significant that the vast majority of the "Judge's" Bible
quotations are from the Old Testament and from the Book of
the Apocalypse (otherwise known as the Book of Revelations)
in the New Testament. The "Judge" practically ignores the
four Gospels. He twists the Old Testament accounts and the

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prophecies in the Book of Revelations in order to apply them
to any event to which the "Judge" wishes them to apply.

RUTHERFORD VS. ISAIAH

Thus, the "Judge" states that the words of the prophet Isaiah,
eighth chapter, verses 12 and 13, refer to the League of Nations
that was founded at the end of the last World War. On page
253 of his book entitled "Salvation", the "Judge" states : "It was
fear that induced the rulers to form the League of Nations ; and
hence they acted under the direction of Satan. God warned his
people to have nothing to do with such a confederacy of nations,
but that they should fear God ; and his promise is that to them
he will be a sanctuary (Isaiah 8:12, 13)."

In this particular case, the "Judge" is guilty of an absolute
falsehood. It is false to declare, as the "Judge" does, that the
words of the twelfth and thirteenth verses of the eighth chap-
ter of the Book of Isaiah refer to the League of Nations estab-
lished at the close of the last World War.

Here are the exact words of the prophet Isaiah:

"Say ye not : A conspiracy. For all that this people speaketh, is a
conspiracy. Neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

"Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself: and let him be your fear;
and let him be your dread.

"And he shall be a sanctification to you: but for a stone of stum-
bling and for a rock of offense to the two houses of Israel, for a
snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."

We ask the Witnesses themselves : where is there a men-
tion of the League of Nations in these words? By what right
did Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford try to deceive people
into believing that in these verses of the Prophet Isaiah he had
explicit condemnation of the particular League of Nations estab-
lished at the close of the last World War?

The words of Isaiah refer to a "conspiracy". No mention is
made of a League of Nations. The prophet clearly states that
the conspiracy mentioned in these verses is one of words. "For
all that this people speaketh," says the prophet, "is a conspiracy."
The enemy of God, here mentioned by the prophet, is "the two
houses of Israel" and "the inhabitants of Jerusalem." By what
right does the "Judge" try to deceive people by quoting words
from the Prophet Isaiah which do not prove his point. If the
"Judge" wants to denounce the League of Nations, that is his
affair. But to declare, as he did declare, that God denounced
the modern League of Nations in the twelfth and thirteenth
verses of the eighth chapter of the Book of Isaiah, is a lie. Does

Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford know anything about the
Scriptures? Does he not know that in these verses the Prophet
Isaiah is reproving the Jews for their sins and warning them of
the evils which will come upon them for having sinned.

The question here is not whether God approves or disap-
proves of the modern League of Nations or of any league of
nations. The question is not whether Judge — "for four days" — ■
Rutherford approves or disapproves of the modern League of
Nations or of any league of nations. The question here is that
the "Judge" tried to have his readers believe that the twelfth
and thirteenth verses of the eighth chapter of the Book of Isaiah
contained a warning by God that people should have nothing
to do with the particular modern League of Nations established
at the close of the World War. The verses contain no such
thing. The "Judge" is guilty of a falsehood stating so. The
"Judge" is also guilty of fraud and deceit for trying to make his
readers accept his lie.

Judge — ^"for four days" — Rutherford is unfit to be accepted
as a religious leader by anyone, including those who now accept
his leadership and who are known as Jehovah's Witnesses. We
desire the Witnesses to read this pamphlet and, then, to ask
themselves whether the "Judge" possesses those qualities and
virtues which should be expected from one who holds himself
forth as a teacher or preacher or leader of spiritual realities.
If they are honest and sincere and unprejudiced in their reac-
tions, they will admit that the "Judge" does not possess them.

MERCENARY APPEALS

We have already indicated the mercenary and commercial
factors in the "Judge's" conduct of big business. The "Judge"
himself declares how interested he is in securing gold and silver
from those to whom he preaches. The following appeal for
money is made by the "Judge" in an advertisement which ap-
pears on page 380 of his book entitled "Riches."

Riches That Do Profit you
in the near-by "day of wrath"

All the gold amd silver you cotiJd heap up on earth would not
avail you a thing in that day: "neither their silver nor their gold
shall he able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath."

— Zephaniah 1 :18.

WHY, THEN, HOLD BACK NOW

from contributing some of such gold and- silver to the work of preach-
ing the Kingdom gospel and receiving in acknowledgment thereof

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real riches, to wit, any or all of the books shown in true colors on
opposite page?

Following these words is a list of books written by the
"Judge." Again we state that it is amusing to find the "Judge"
indulging in commercial operations, when he declares in his
writings that commercial operations are of the devil.

WANTS EVERYTHING
It is important to remember that according to the "Judge's"
private interpretation of the Bible only 144,000 people are ever
going to heaven. According to him, most of the people born
into the world, from the very begirming of creation, are lost
forever. Only a few million, according to the "Judge", will be
forever happy. These latter millions will not be admitted to
heaven. They will live forever upon the earth. The "Judge"
refers to them as "Jonadabs." In pursuance of the mercenary
motive, the "Judge" has this to say about the duty of the "Jona-
dabs" towards Jehovah's Witnesses. On page 269 of his book
"Salvation," the "Judge" states: "The Jonadabs or 'other sheep'
have declared themselves for Jehovah and his kingdom. It is
therefore their privilege and their obligation to give all their
support to God's kingdom, and that means their time, their
energy, their money, and everything, to advance the kingdom
interest. . . . After providing the necessary material things for
oneself and one's dependent ones, then if he is in a covenant
with the Lord it is his privilege and duty to use his substance
to further the interest of the Lord's kingdom."

MERCENARY HYPOCRISY

The "Judge" condemns anyone who gives support to religion.
He condemns the Catholic for supporting the Catholic Church.
He condemns the Protestant for supporting his particular Prot-
estant Church. He condemns the Jew for supporting the Jewish
Church. But he is most anxious to secure support for his own
group. In fact, as the foregoing quotation reveals, he wants
everything, beyond what is actually needed by a Jonadab for
the support of the Jonadab and his dependents.

According to the "Judge", it is wrong for a decent American
citizen to worship God in his own church and to support that
church. Simultaneously, according to the "Judge" those who
wish to follow him must give him all their earthly goods, beyond
what is absolutely needed for personal or family support. This
is mercenary hypocrisy. It should condemn the "Judge's" ap-
peal immediately in the mind of everyone visited by his "Wit-
nesses." The Churches of America merely ask their members

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for support. The "Judge" wants everything from those who
follow him.

MANY BOOKS — SAME IDEAS

Like all self-appointed and self-styled intellectual tyrants
Judge— "for four days" — Rutherford will tolerate no interpre-
tation of the Scriptures which differs from his own. All his
books are a long and wordy presentation of his own interpreta-
tions of the Scriptures. Included in all his books are vicious and
unfounded attacks upon all religions and upon all governments,
including the government of the United States of America, un-
der whose free constitution and laws he has been at liberty to
build up a million dollar business.

In fact, to get acquainted with the ignorant and false and
malicious rantings of the "Judge" it is only necessary to read
one of his books. They all contain the same subject matter.
They all contain the same attacks on religion and government.
They all contain the same fantastic interpretations of Old Testa-
ment events which the "Judge" demands that his followers ac-
cept under pain of eternal destruction. It is a waste of money
for anyone to spend quarter after quarter for the books produced
by the "Judge." One quarter is enough to reveal the malice and
the ignorance and the fantasy of his preachings.

SELF-EXALTATION

Strangely enough, the "Judge" condemns himself in his own
writings. The "Judge" claims that he and his "Witnesses" are
superior to Christ and the Apostles. Christ, the "Judge" states,
is Jehovah's King. Christ died to conquer the devil and to in-
itiate God's kingdom. Yet, the "Judge" also states, for nine-
teen hundred years after the death of Christ the Devil has re-
mained supreme in the world. According to the "Judge" Christ
came to vindicate Jehovah's name. Yet, Christ and the Apostles
were failures. The world, according to the "Judge", had to wait
for him and his Jehovah's Witnesses, in the twentieth century,
to begin the work of vindicating Jehovah's name. By declar-
ing Christ to have been a failure for nineteen hundred years the
"Jtidge" insults Christ, just as he insults the religious and pa-
triotic beliefs of every decent American throughout the land.

SELF-CONDEMNATION

It is not to be wondered at that a man of such pride and
arrogance and ignorance should condemn his own activities in
his own works. The "Judge" rants over the radio and by means
of phonographic records. The "Judge" uses tons of ink to write

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the same material in different books. The "Judge" sends out his
"Witnesses" to bring his message to the homes of America. And yet,
here is what the "Judge" himself says about his own activities.

On page 168 of his book entitled "Riches," the "Judge" says:
"// you come in contact with men or organisations of men that

are reaching out for gain, whether that gain_ be numbers in their

organisation, or property, money, power or influence, avoid such,

because they cannot be the servants of God."
The "Judge," as we have seen, is interested in getting every-
thing from the people who follow him, except that which _ is
absolutely necessary for their own personal and domestic main-
tenance. The "Judge," therefore, is a man "reaching out for
gain." His organization, Jehovah's Witnesses, which is _ an
organization of men, is likewise "reaching out for gain."
Therefore, to follow the "Judge's" advice, he himself and his
Witnesses, who force their presence upon American house-
holds, should be avoided, because, as the "Judge" says, "they
cannot be the servants of God."

On page 138 of his book entitled "Riches," the "Judge" says :
"A man who harangues the people and states his conclusions or

the conclusions or opinions of other men is not a 'preacher' within

the meaning of the Scriptures. A more appropriate name for him

would be 'windjanvmer.' "

This is delightful. Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford calls
himself a "windjammer." For the "Judge" harangues the people
and states his own conclusions. Only a minor portion of his
books is devoted to actual quotations from the Scriptures. The
"Judge" uses millions of words and thousands of lines and hun-
dreds of chapters to state HIS OWN CONCLUSIONS about
what he reads in the Bible. We have already seen how the
"Judge" has lied about the twelfth and thirteenth verses of the
eighth chapter of the Book of Isaiah. Since the "Judge"
harangues the people and states HIS OWN CONCLUSIONS,
he is a "windjammer." The citizens of the United States should
be on guard against the windjamming Judge.

DENOUNCES HIS OWN WITNESSES
One of the best proofs, provided by the "Judge" himself,
that no sane and reasonable American citizen should have any-
thing to do with Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford or with
the salesmanship talk of his "Witnesses," is to be found on page
92 of his book entitled "Riches." There the "Judge" states:
"Let it be kept clearly in mind that Jehovah God is not trying
to save men. He has not commissioned any company or peo-
ple on the earth to try to save men."

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If the "Judge" were honest and sincere when he wrote these
lines, v/hy, in the name of common sense, does he send forth
the "company" or "people," known as Jehovah's Witnesses, to
try to save men. This delightful exhibition of the "Judge's"
chaotic mental processes shows how much the "Judge" thinks
of Jehovah. Jehovah, he says, is not trying to save men.
Jehovah, he adds, does not commission "any company or people
on the earth to try to save men." But I, says the "Judge" by
inference, I shall send forth a company or a people known as
Jehovah's Witnesses in spite of Jehovah. What an interesting
knot hole the "Judge" has got himself into by his own use of
words and misuse of thoughts. According to the "Judge,"
Jehovah's Witnesses, who surely are a "company" or a "people,"
have no authority from Jehovah to do what they are doing
throughout the world. The "Judge" here repudiates his own
Witnesses.

Since it is the "Judge" who writes the books and the pam-
phlets and harangues and insults, this pamphlet is concerned
with revealing how unfit the "Judge" is to pose as a spiritual
leader or as an interpreter of Scriptural prophecies. The
"Judge" should be repudiated by his own Witnesses and avoided
by every sensible American citizen for the following reasons.
The writings of the "Judge" reveal him to be (1) the enemy of
Christ ; (2) the enemy of the Scriptures ; (3) the enemy of
common sense ; (4) the author of hatred and bigotry and treason.

III.

ENEMY OF CHRIST

Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford is the enemy of Christ.
We have already shown how the "Judge" looks upon Christ as
a failure. For nineteen hundred years Christ has failed to vin-
dicate the Name of Jehovah, says the "Judge." He, the "Judge,'-
will do in a little while what Christ failed to do in a big while.

In the thirty-third verse of the sixteenth chapter of St.
John's Gospel, Christ urged His followers to have confidence
because He overcame the world: "But have confidence. I have
overcome the world." The "Judge," however, refuses to accept
this. According to the "Judge," Christ was only a man.
According to the "Judge," Christ did not become king until
1914. According to the "Judge," Christ did not begin to judge
mankind until 1918. According to the "Judge," Christ has been
a failure for nineteen hundred years. According to the "Judge,"
Christ did not overcome the world although Christ Himself
declared : "But have confidence. I have overcome the world."

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In other words. Judge — "for four days"— Rutherford at-
tempts to oppose the teachings of Christ. The "Judge" ignores
many of the statements which Christ uttered on earth. When
the "Judge" does quote the words of Christ, he gives them his
own interpretation and robs them of the meaning which Christ
attached to them.

DENIES "SERMON ON THE MOUNT"

Christ demanded that all men should believe in Him. He
also demanded that all men should keep the commandments.
He further demanded that all men should become virtuous.
The fifth, sixth and seventh chapters of the Gospel of Saint
Matthew contain Christ's Sermon on the Mount. The "Judge"
does not even mention the Sermon on the Mount in his book
entitled "Salvation." And this is the book which the "Judge"
states, on the title page, to be "A text book for the Jonadabs."
Evidently the "Judge" is not interested in the moral teachings
of Christ.

In His Sermon on the Mount Christ declared that we must
love all our neighbors, including our enemies. "But I say to
you : Love your enemies : do good to them that hate you : And
pray for them that persecute and calumniate you." (Saint Mat-
thew V:44). In all his books, the "Judge" preaches hatred
towards those who practice religion and towards those who are
loyal to their country. The "Judge's" books are a denial of the
command which Christ uttered: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself." Christ preached love. The "Judge" preaches
hatred.

NO MENTION OF PRAYER

Christ preached the necessity of prayer. The "Judge" never
mentions the necessity of prayer in "Salvation," his "text book"
for the Jonadabs.. When the apostles asked Christ to teach them
to pray, Christ gave them the "Our Father," the most beautiful
prayer of all time. The "Judge" never mentions the "Our
Father" in his "text book" for the Jonadabs. No man v/ho
fails to preach the necessity of prayer can rightly claim to be
a follower of Christ. The "Judge" is not a Christian.

Christ declared that He was the Son of God. Referring to
Himself, He stated :

"For God so loved the world as to give his only begotten Son:

that whosover helieveth in him way not perish, but may have life

everlasting.

"For God sent not His Son into the ziforld to judge the world:

hut that the world in-ay be saved by him"

(Saint John's Gospel 111 :16-17).
IS

Again we read: "And if any man hear my words and keep
them not, I do not judge him: for I came not to judge the world,
but save the world." (St. John's Grospel XII :47.)

And again, in the third and fourth verses of the second chap-
ter of Saint Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, we read:

"For this is good and acceptable m the sight of God our Saviour,
Who will have all men to he saved and to come to the knowledge
of the truth."

DENIES CHRIST DIED FOR ALL

We have quoted these various Scriptural texts to show that
God wishes the salvation of all men and that Christ, the Son
of God, came into the world in order to save all men. In other
Scriptural places we read that Christ will judge the world and
reward or punish men for their activities. In the texts, here
quoted, Christ is emphasizing the doctrine of salvation for all.
This does not mean that all will be saved. It does mean that
salvation is offered to all and that Christ died for all men and
not for a favored few. Men must accept salvation by belief in
Christ and by doing the things which Christ commanded. But
the salvation is there for all, and Christ shed His Precious Blood
for all. This is why Saint John the Baptist cried out as Christ
approached : "Behold the Lamb of God. Behold Him Who
taketh away the sin of the world."

The "Judge," however, denies this teaching of Christ. He
declares that salvation is not for all. He insists that Christ
did not die for all. He declares that since some will be lost,
in spite of Christ's sacrifice and death, then Christ did not
suffer and die for all. Christ said that He did suffer and die
for all. The fact that Christ foretold the eternal punishment
of the wicked shows that there will be some who will not profit
by Christ's death. Christ's teaching is that, although He came
to save all, some would not be saved even though salvation is
offered to them.

In spite of this clear teaching on the part of Christ, a
teaching repeated by Saint Paul and the Apostles, the "Judge"
who thinks he knows more than Christ denies it.

On page 42 of his book "Salvation," the "text book" for the
Jonadabs, the "Judge" states : "Salvation is not provided for
everyone." Christ says that salvation IS PROVIDED FOR
EVERYONE, even though some will refuse to profit by it. The
"Judge" says "Salvation is not provided for everyone.''

Evidently the "Judge" does not know the meaning of words.
The word "provide" means to offer. The "provision" or the
"oiTering" may be rejected or accepted. A father may provide

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food for his children. Some of the children may refuse to eat,
but the food is there for all to eat. To say that the father
does not provide food for all his children, simply because some
of them refuse to accept it, is to charge the father with neglect
and cruelty. The correct statement is to say that the father
provides food for all his children but, unfortunately, some of
them will not eat it. Christ declares that He died for all and
that salvation is for all. The "Judge" declares that Christ did
not die for all and that salvation is not for all. All lovers of
Christ will accept Christ in preference to the "Judge."

DENIES JEHOVAH WANTS ALL MEN SAVED

On page 30 of his book entitled "Riches," the "Judge" declares:
"It is equally erroneous to say that God tries to save any one."

On page 92 of "Riches" the "Judge" similarly declares : "Let it
be kept clearly in mind that Jehovah God is not trying to save men."

Saint Paul in his epistle to Timothy, as we have seen,
states that God "will have all men to be saved." Christ said
that He came into the world to save the world. Christ did
not declare that He came only to save some. He said He came
to save all, the entire world. The "Judge" denies the statement
of Christ and the statement of Saint Paul. No sensible man
or woman will follow the "Judge" in preference to Christ and
Saint Paul.

DENIES CHRIST'S BODILY RESURRECTION

Christ rose from the dead, whole and entire, with a real body.
After Plis Resurrection, Christ talked with His disciples. To
prove the reality of His bodily resurrection He "showed them
his hands and his side." To Thomas, the doubting Apostle,
He said : "Put in thy finger hither and see my hands. And
bring hither thy hand and put it into my side. And be not
faithless, but believing."

All the accounts of the Resurrection prove that Christ's
Resurrection was a bodily Resurrection. In the last chapter
of Saint John's Gospel, verses 12 and 13, we read how the
resurrected Christ even dined with His disciples, giving them
bread and fish with His own hands. The following quotation
from Saint Luke's Gospel reveals how anxious Christ was to
prove to His disciples that His Resurrection from the dead was
a bodily resurrection and not merely the resurrection of a spirit :

"Now, luhilst they znere speaking these things, Jesus stood in the
midst of them and saith to them: Peace he to you. It is I: fear not.

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"But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw
a spirit.

"And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts
arise in your hearts?

"See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle and see: for
a spirit hath not flesh cmd bones, as you see me to have.

"And when he had said this, he shoiited them, his hands and feet.

"But while they yet believed not and wondered for joy, he said:
Have you here anything to eatf

"And they offered him a piece of a broiled fish and a honeycomb.

"And when he had eaten before them,, taking the remains, he gave
to them" {Saint Luke XXIV:36-43).

The Scripture clearly teaches, therefore, the bodily resurrec-
tion of Christ from the dead. The "Judge" boasts that he be-
lieves in the Scriptures and that all his teachings are scriptural
teachings. And yet, wherever he refers to Christ's resurrection,
the "Judge" denies that it was a bodily resurrection and asserts
that Christ's-resurrection was merely a resurrection of His spirit.

Typical of the "Judge's" denial of this clear teaching of
Christ and this clear evidence of the Scriptures is the "Judge's"
statement on page 172 of "Salvation," his self-styled "text book"
for the Jonadabs : "God raised Jesus out of death and gave him
life as a spirit." This statement of the "Judge's" is a denial of
what Christ teaches and of what the Scriptures record. Christ
said that His Resurrection was a bodily resurrection. The
"Judge" says it was not.

DENIES GENERAL RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

One of the important and striking teachings of Christ is the
general resurrection of all the dead. In that resurrection, as
Christ taught, He himself would be the judge. Two eternal
judgments will be decreed: everlasting happiness for the good
and everlasting punishment for the wicked. But, as Christ
taught, both the good and the bad will be resurrected from the
dead.

Thus, we read, in the 28th and 29th verses of the fifth chapter
of Saint John's Gospel, the following words of Christ Himself :

"Wonder not at this: for the hour com,eth, whefein all that are in
the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God.

"And they that have done good things shall come forth unto the
resurrection of life: but they that have done evil, unto the resurrec-
tion of judgment."

It is important to note that Christ said: "all that are in the
graves" shall come forth in the general resurrection.

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In the twenty-fifth chapter of Saint Matthew's Gospel, we
have Christ's own description of the last judgment. The entire
chapter should be read, particularly verses 31-46. In these
verses, Christ teaches that He will come in majesty to judge
the world. All nations shall be gathered before Him : the good
as well as the bad. Upon both he will pronounce judgment.
The good will be eternally rewarded. The bad will be eternally
punished. In other words, the last judgment will be preceded
by a general resurrection of all : the wicked as well as the good.
For the sake of brevity we here quote verses 31-34, 41 and
46, of the twenty-fifth chapter of Saint Matthew's Gospel:

"And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.

"And all nations sliall be gathered together before him: and he
shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the
sheep from the goats:

"And he shall. set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
his left.

"Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand:
Come ye blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world. {Verses 31-34).

"Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand:
Depart from, me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which vfas pre-
pared for the devil and his angels. {Verse 41).

"And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into
life everlasting." {Verse 46).

In the 15th verse of the twenty-fourth chapter of the Acts
of the Apostles,'we find Saint Paul referring to the "resurrection
of the just and unjust."

DENIES THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

What has Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford to say about
this clear teaching of Christ and about this clear evidence from
the Scriptures? BeHeve it or not, he denies it. Christ teaches
the general resurrection of all the dead, both the good and the
wicked. The "Judge" denies it.

On .page 342 of his book entitled "Salvation," his "text
book" for the Jonadabs, the "Judge" states: "There appears
nd reason or Scriptural proof that God would resurrect the
willfully wicked." And believe it or not, the "Judge" quotes
the 28th and 29th verses of the fifth chapter of Saint John's Gos-
pel, which clearly state that all shall be resurrected : the good
unto resurrection of life and the evil unto the resurrection of
judgment. Before quoting these verses the "Judge" asks: "Will
not all the dead be awakened to the resurrection? and is not

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that made sure by the words of Jesus" (John 5:28, 29). Imme-
diately upon quoting these verses, the "Judge" then states : "The
Scriptures do not support that conclusion."

This is an insult to the intelligence of his readers as well
as a sinful denial of the clear teaching of Jesus Christ, whosei
words the "Judge" casts aside as of no value and of no account
and of no proof. In his efforts to deny what Christ has clearly
taught about the general resurrection of all the dead the "Judge"
also ignores the account of the general resurrection given by
Christ Himself and recorded in the twenty-sixth chapter of
Saint Matthew's Gospel, verses 31-46.

DISTORTS THE MEANING OF "GRAVES"
On pages 342 and 343 of his book entitled "Salvation" the
"Judge" tries, in vain, to wiggle out of the clear statement made
by Christ that all who are "in the graves" shall come forth.
The subterfuge he uses is opposed to common sense as well as
to the Scriptures. He says the word "grave" means a "monu-
ment in remembrance of the dead." He then twists the word
"grave" to include only those "held in the memory of God."
He then declares, without any proof, that God has no memory
of the wicked. Therefore, the "Judge" naively declares, while
insulting the power of God, the word "grave" in the quotation
of Saint John means only those whom God remembers, namely,
the just.

This is a diabolical effort to ' substitute the "Judge's" own
private interpretation of Scripture for the clear words of Christ.
The "Judge" ignores the teaching of Christ concerning the
general resurrection of all the dead, the wicked as well as the
good, in Saint Matthew's Gospel. The "Judge" quotes Christ's
words concerning the general resurrection of all the dead in
Saint John's Gospel but declares that Christ's words in Saint
John's Gospel do not mean what they say. And to ruin further
the meaning of Christ's words, he indulges in a fantastic defini-
tion of the word "grave," in order that his followers may accept his
teachings instead of Christ's teachings. This process makes the
"Judge" the clear and confirmed and ignorant enemy of Christ.

IV.

ENEMY OF THE SCRIPTURES

In addition to proving that the "Judge" is the enemy of
Christ, the foregoing material also proves that the "Judge" is
the enemy of the Scriptures. The "Judge" is not too anxious
for his followers to read the Scriptures alone. The "Judge"

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tolerates no interpretation of the Scriptures which differs from
his own mis-interpretations. In fact the "Judge" puts his own
books upon the same level with the Bible. You may read
religious literature in any language, but you will go far to
meet with the arrogance and pride used by the "Judge" when
he speaks of his own publications. Here is a choice bit of
pride and arrogance from his book entitled "Riches," pages
353-354:

"The Lord has graciously provided for the publication of
His message in the form of books (the 'Judge' is not referring
to the Bible), that the people may be informed of the truth
(the 'Judge' is referring to his own 'interpretations' of the
Bible). On the last page of this book you will find a list of
such publications (the 'Judge's' own books), which will enable
you to locate in the Bible the very texts about which you desire
to know, and which answer your questions. Provide yourself
with those publications (at twenty-five cents apiece), study the
same, together with your Bible (the reader will notice that
the 'Judge' places his books on the same footing with the
inspired works of the Bible). Those books do not contain the
opinion of any man (does the 'Judge' mean to infer that he is
not a man?). They merely enable you to locate the words of the
Lord and to find out the very things you desire to know; and
doing this (buying and reading the 'Judge's' books), you are
obeying God's commandments."

Little need be added to the remarks which we have enclosed ,
in parentheses to prove to any thinking man that the "Judge"
puts his own books on a par with the Bible and that his follow-
ers must not read the Bible alone or indulge in their own inter-
pretations. We have already given several examples to prove
how the "Judge" misuses and mis-interprets the Bible. The
following additional examples are but a few of the many more
that could be offered.

CHRIST DID NOT CONDEMN RELIGION

One of the insistent claims of the "Judge" is his statement
that Christ condemned religion. He refers to those who wor-
ship God through religion as "religionists." Christ, he says,
condemned all religionists. In order to prove this, the "Judge"
quotes the following words from the twenty-third chapter,
verses 3-4, of the Gospel of Saint Matthew:

"Do not ye after their works . . . For they bind heavy burdens, and
grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they them-
selves will not move them with one of their fingers."

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It is not necessary to continue this quotation to the end.
The "Judge's" misuse of the Scriptures is present in the words
already quoted. The "Judge" would have his followers believe
that, in these words, Christ condemned all religionists, religious
members as well as religious leaders.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Christ Himself
entered Jewish Synagogues. Christ Himself went up to the
Temple. Christ Himself celebrated the various Jewish feasts.
He had just celebrated the Jewish Feast of the Passover when
He was arrested by His enemies.

Christ did not condemn every religion or all religionists.
Christ condemned the Scribes and Pharisees, in the verses
quoted by the "Judge," because they were hypocrites and not
because they were religionists. It was because they did not
live up to the spirit of the Jewish religion that Christ condemned
the Scribes and Pharisees. In fact, in verses two and three of
the Scriptural quotation used by the "Judge," Christ said: "The
scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.
All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe
and do." Purposely and maliciously and uns.cripturally the
"'Judge" omits these words from his quotation. And, in verse
three, the "Judge" also omits these words : "For they say, and
do not." Instead of these words, which the "Judge" should
have quoted, if he were not an enemy of the Scriptures, the
""Judge" places dots ( ) in the beginning of his quotation.

MALICIOUS OMISSION

These words, which the "Judge" has PURPOSELY omitted
from his quotation, prove that Christ was condemning the
Scribes and Pharisees not because of religion but because they
had religion and did not practice it. "For they say, and do
not." Moreover, Christ bade the Jews to be true to religion
even when taught by the Pharisees and Scribes, and even
though the Pharisees and Scribes themselves were negligent in
the practice of the religion which they preached.

The quotation used by the "Judge" to prove that Christ
denounced all religions and all religionists is no proof at all.
It is a proof of the opposite. To conceal the fact that Christ
praised religion and urged the people to practice religion, even
though some of their leaders were guilty of not practicing what
they preached, the "Judge" purposely omits the complete and
exact words of Christ.

This wilful omission on the part of the "Judge" alone con-
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misuses the Scriptures is worthy of belief. The "Judge" shrewd-
ly omits the words of Christ when they do not suit his own pur-
pose. The "Judge" will twist the Scriptures in order to prove
his own fantastic doctrines. No wonder the "Judge" does not
want people to read the Bible for themselves. If his followers
would only read the Bible, they would discover what a Scrip-
tural sham their own leader is.

To list all the Scriptural mis-interpretations and omissions of
which Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford has been guilty,
and in which he indulges in order to support his own private
fantastic doctrines and to keep the truth away from his follow-
ers, would require many volumes of many pages. Enough of
them have been recorded in this pamphlet to prove that just as
the "Judge" is the enemy of Christ, so he is, also, the enemy of
the Scriptures.

V.

ENEMY OF COMMON SENSE

No individual who possesses common sense can sincerely
accept the teachings of Judge— -"for four days" — Rutherford.
His writings are full of contradictions. In order to arouse
hatred toward religion and government the "Judge" indulges
in charges that have no foundation and in statements that are
utterly ridiculous.

BODY AND SOUL

Thus, when the "Judge" talks about man's body and man's
soul, he says one thing, one moment, and the opposite thing
another moment. This is what we mean by a contradiction. On
page 36 of his publication entitled "Salvation," the so-called
"text book" for the Jonadabs, the "Judge" writes :

"Every man is a soul, that is to say, a living, breathing creature.
He does not possess a soul separate and distinct from his body; but
the body of flesh and the breath of living creatures, together, con-
stitute the sold. When these are separated the soul is out of exis-
tence."

"ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS ONE"

We ask the "Judge's" Witnesses to notice the contradictions
involved in this statement of their "judicial" leader. The
"Judge" says that man has a body and that man is a soul. Then
the "Judge" says that body and soul are one. Then, the "Judge"
says that when body and soul, which, he says are one, are
separated, the soul is out of existence. How can that which

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is one be separated? If the body and soul, as the "Judge"
claims, are one and the same thing, then it is stupid to use the
word "they" and more stupid to say : "when they are separated."
This is not a mere playing with words on our part. This is
only a common sense analysis of the words used by the "Judge."
He supplied the words we are analyzing. We are only supply-
ing the analysis.

Moreover, if, as the "Judge" says, man has a soul and a
body, surely, body and soul are not one and the same thing.
They may be united together, as they actually are in every
man, but body and soul remain distinct. The "Judge" himself
states that body and soul are distinct because he talks about
them separately. He even says "when they are separated."
But the "Judge" immediately denies what he states, by saying
that the body and soul, of which he speaks separately and which
he says will be separated, are one and the same thing. The
"Judge" should have said that every man has a soul which is
not separated from his body on earth, but which is quite dis-
tinct from his body, so that body and soul, distinct though
united, constitute a living creature.

CHRIST'S TEACHING

The "Judge" does not realize that two things can be distinct
although not separated. The "Judge" does not realize that he
is also contradicting his own false statement about the identity
of soul and body, as one and the same thing, when, on page
266 of his book, "Salvation," he quotes the following words of
Christ :

"And fear not them which kill the body, hut are not able to kill
the soul; hut rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and
body in hell" (St. Matthew X:28).

Christ here plainly states that it is possible to kill the body
but not the soul. Therefore, it is the teaching of Christ that
body and soul are distinct and not the same. The "Judge"
contradicts this teaching of Christ when he says that body and
soul are one and the same thing. If, according to the "Judge,"
body and soul are one and the same thing, then to kill the body
would mean to kill the soul. In other words the "Judge" contra-
dicts Christ, as well as himself, in his false teachings about the
body and the soul.

THE "JUDGE'S" YEARS
The "Judge" becomes hopelessly involved in contradicting
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the elect, the 144,000 of which the "Judge" speaks, to Himself.
Thus, on page 165 of his book, "Salvation," the "Judge" writes
that Christ began to gather the 144,000 faithful and true follow-
ers to himself in 1918. On page 211 of "Salvation," the "Judge"
writes that Christ applies His ransom merit for the elect after
the year 1922. And yet on page 172 of his book entitled
"Riches," the "Judge" states that God has been choosing His
elect since the first Pentecost, in 33 A.D. We wish that the
"Judge" would straighten himself out as regards his own
numerology.

SALUTING THE FLAG

We ask the Witnesses to meditate upon the contradiction
4- contained in the "Judge's" denunciation of the act of saluting
the American Flag. On page 260 of "Salvation" the Judge
writes as follows :

"But is the saluting of the American flag by a Christian or one in
a covenant to do God's will a violation of God's law? Most em-
phatically yes . . ."

Then on page 266 of the same volume the same "Judge"
writes :

"The act of saluting the flag is not an offense; but the one who
has made a covenant to do God's will, and who then acts in disobedi-
ence to Cod's will, comwiits a wrong leading him into destruction.
Those who desire to salute flags should do so, but those who have
agreed to serve Jehovah God must obey him if they would live at all."

In one and the same breath the "Judge" states that it is
not an offense to salute the American flag but that it is a viola-
tion of God's law. Now, if it is not an offense — and no loyal
American has ever considered it to be an offense, except the
"Judge" — then to salute the flag is not a violation of God's law.
An offense is something that is against God's law. In one
and the same breath the "Judge" says that to salute the flag
IS AN OFFENSE and IS NOT AN OFFENSE.

We hope that the Witnesses will realize that there is some-
thing wrong with the mental process of a leader who indulges
in such bold contradictions. We hope that the Witnesses will
return to the ranks of true Americanism and salute the flag.
We hope that the Witnesses will return to the ranks of clear-
thinking, reasoning men and repudiate the leadership of the
"Judge," who reveals himself to be the enemy of Christ, the
enemy of the Scriptures and the enemy of common sense.

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VI.

AUTHOR OF HATRED, BIGOTRY, TREASON

When we come to an analysis of Judge — "for four days"
— Rutherford as the author of hatred and bigotry and treason,
hundreds of pages could be used to record his vile and unfounded
charges, made against Jews and Protestants and CathoHcs, as
well as against the government of the United States of Amer-
ica. While the "Judge" is conducting a million dollar business,
there are thousands of Catholic and Protestant and Jewish
clergymen toiling night and day, with little revenue, in order
to keep God's Holy Name before their fellow-men, in order
to help their fellow-men live moral lives, and in order to
assist their fellow-men to become good and upright and loyal
citizens of the United States of America. No sincere member
of any religion and no sincere American should have anything
to do with the "Judge." George Washington praised religion
as one of the mainstays of our country. The government of
the United States has always honored and respected religion.
By his tirades against religion and by his denunciation of the
government of the United States as the child of Satan, the
"Judge" is a greater enemy in our midst than Adolf Hitler.
Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford is a Fifth Column all
by himself.

Christ condemned hypocrisy on the part of certain religious
leaders of His day. Christ never condemned all religions. As
we have seen, Christ manifested the greatest respect for the
Jewish religion. Christ founded a religion of His own. The
"Judge" condemns all religions as the offspring of Satan. The
"Judge" evidently does not realize that every religion is opposed
to the power of Satan throughout the world and to the power
of Satan over human souls. Only a master of ignorance and of
contradictions could denounce religion as the child of Satan,
when religion is definitely and eternally opposed to Satan.
Moreover, in condemning all religion, the "Judge" once again
reveals himself to be the enemy of Christ.

CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS

The language used by the "Judge" in his vitriolic condemna-
tion of all religions, is characterized by stupidity as well as by

malice. Thus, on page 79 of his book entitled "Riches," the
"Judge" declares that members of the Catholic Church are not
members of the Catholic Church. He denies the meaning of

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the words "Catholic Population," as used in the Catholic Direc-
tory. He refuses to admit that "Catholic Population" means the-
number of those who are members of the Catholic Church. The
"Judge" should realize that all who belong to the Catholic
Church- — Pope and Bishops and Laity — are members of the Cath-
olic Church. The Catholic Church bars none of her members
from heaven. But the "Judge" bars most of his followers from
eternal happiness in heaven. The "Judge" states that there
is an inner group of his Witnesses who will constitute the king-
dom of God in heaven. All others, whose financial support he
continually calls for, will be barred from heaven. These are
the Jonadabs, according to his own terminology, who will be
confined to the earth while the "elect," including of course the
"Judge," will rejoice in heaven.

With greater ignorance and malice, the "Judge" even claims-
that Protestants are Catholics, although he denies that Cath-
olics are Catholics. Thus, on page 228 of his book entitled
"Riches," the "Judge" writes:

"What was at one time known as 'Protestantism' is now dead, and

the so-called 'Protestants' are dominated and controlled by the Roman

Catholic Hierarchy."

And again, on page 285 of his book entitled "Riches," the
"Judge" identifies Protestants and Catholics in language which
we do not expect from one who calls himself a "Judge."

"There was a period of time," writes the "Judge", "when in the
world there was an organisation known as 'Protestantism', and zuhich
opposed the Roman Catholic organisation; but about the time of the
World War the 'Protestant' (so called) organisation ceased and
Went over, bag and baggage, to the Hierarchy, and now the entire
lot constitutes 'the great whore.' "

Did any one at any time ever utter more insulting and stupid
nonsense, in order to deceive one's followers, than these words
of which Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford is the author?

FALSE CHARGES

In order to arouse hatred on the part of his followers for
all religions, the "Judge" falsely accuses religious people of
desiring to kill his Witnesses. Here are his words on page 221
of the book entitled "Riches":

"The religious Israelites conspired together to kill Jeremiah, God's
faithful servant and prophet. Likewise the present-day religionists
and their allies conspire together to kill Jehovah's Witnesses, of whom
the prophet Jeremiah was a type, example or pattern."
The "Judge" does not realize that it was the irreligious

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Israelites who conspired to kill Jeremiah and not the religious
Israelites. Furthermore, the "Judge" offers no proof of the
dastardly charge of homicide which he has made against Jews
and Protestants and Catholics. If the "Judge" has any knowl-
edge of any homicidal conspiracy against his Witnesses, he
should present this information to the District Attorney of the
County wherein the "Judge" claims the conspiracy to exist.
Otherwise, the "Judge" should apologize and keep quiet.

THE BIBLE BEFORE RUTHERFORD

The "Judge" makes much of the fact that he believes in the
Bible. We have already seen how the "Judge" misuses the
Bible in order to breed hatred and ignorance throughout the
world. The "Judge" does not seem to remember that, if it
were not for the religions, against which he hurls his venom,
there would be no Bible in the world today. His charge that
Protestants and Jevs^s and Catholics have kept the Bible away
from the people is false and fraudulent. In the following slan-
derous statement the "Judge" lumps all religions together when
he states : "The religious institutions have kept the Bible away
from the people and therefore have induced the common peo-
ple to rely upon what the priests or clergymen tell them to do."

During the entire existence of Judaism, Catholicism and
Protestantism the members of all these religions have been
urged to read the Bible. The Catholic Sacrifice of the Mass,
which is followed word for word by the people using the same
Missal as the priest upon the altar, is filled with Bible readings
from both the Old and New Testament. The "Judge's" vicious
ignorance leads us to ask where he thought the Bible was before
he was born.

INSULT TO CHARITABLE WOMEN

The lowest point reached by the "Judge" in his denuncia-
tion of Catholics and Protestants and Jews, is found on page
244 of his book entitled "Riches." Both Protestants and Cath-
olics are acquainted with the sacrificial lives of Catholic Nuns.
Possessing nothing of this world's goods, Catholic Sisters teach
in Catholic Schools so that, contrary to the charge of the
"Judge," Catholic boys and girls may become educated and in-
telligent. Some Catholic Orders of Nuns devote themselves to
the arduous task of nursing the sick poor in their homes.
Catholic Nursing Sisters of the Poor give their services, with-
out remuneration, to Catholic, Protestant and Jew alike. No
question of race or color or religion is ever asked.

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Sometimes these Catholic Orders of Nuns find it necessary
to beg for that which is necessary to keep up their work for
God and humanity. From time to time Catholic Sisters may
visit office buildings and solicit charity. A prayer is on their
lips for those who can give and for those who cannot give.
Never is any attempt made to force a contribution from those
who cannot afford it.

In spite of these facts, Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford
sees fit to insult and slander these good Catholic Nuns on page
244 of his book entitled (significantly for the "Judge") "Riches."
Here is the lowest depths to which ignorance and malice and
hatred can lead a man:

"Hooded female agents, garbed like black birds of prey, make regu-
lar visits to the many factories and offices on payday and collect, from
the fearful and superstitious, money which the laborers so much need
for the support of themselves and their families."

A COWARD'S ACT

Every Protestant and Jew who has come in contact with
Catholic Sisters will resent this. We would like the "Judge"
to produce those who give to Catholic Sisters in offices and fac-
tories because they are fearful and superstitious. It is the
"Judge" who sends forth "pubHshers" and "pioneers" to prey
upon the fearful and superstitious in their homes. It is bad
enough to slander those who can defend themselves. It is
the depth of meanness and cowardice to slander those who can-
not defend themselves. By his vicious attack upon the good-
living. God-fearing, humble and devoted women who consti-
tute our Catholic Sisterhoods, the "Judge" stands revealed as
the prince of cowards, as well as the prince of ignorance and of
slander.

DENOUNCES THE UNITED STATES
The following statements of the "Judge" make him the
greatest enemy of the United States of America within the
borders of our country today. At a time when every effort is
being made to produce unity amongst all Americans, for the
defense of our country, the "Judge" continues to pour forth,
through the medium of his books, the most vicious denuncia-
tion of the government of the United States of America. He
sees no difference between the government of the United States
and the totalitarian governments of Nazi Germany and Com-
munistic Russia. He calls the American Government, as well
as the others, the child of Satan. In caHing upon his followers
to resist Satan, the "Judge" calls upon his followers to resist

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the government of the United States of America. Every book
produced by the "Judge" has enough treasonable statements to
justify the Dies Committee in issuing a summons for this arch-
traitor in our midst.

PROMOTES HATRED TOWARD U. S. A.

The following statements are but a few of the treasonable
and fantastic ravings of the "Judge" on the subject of loyalty
to the government of the United States of America :

"Not one of them (the 'Judge' here refers to the rulers of nations^
incltiding the American President mentioned by him in a preceding-
sentence) represents God and Christ Jesus, but, on the contrary, they
are under the control of Satan, who is the invisible rider of this
world" ("Salvation," page 255).

"All the nations of the earth are against God and his kingdom. It
is therefore impossible for a person to be in full accord with the
governtnents of this world and at the same time to be in full harmony
with God's kingdom under Christ. He must serve one or the ether
of the masters, and there can be no compromise" ("Salvation," pag:e
261). Here the "Judge" calls for treason on the part of his Wit-
nesses and on the part of all American citizens. Here the "Judge"
forgets that Christ said: "Render therefore to Caesar the things that
are Caesar's; and to God, the things that are God's" (St. Matthew
XXII :21 ) . The "Judge" makes no such distinction. His followers,
so the "Judge" declares, must have nothing to do with earthy govern-
ments.

And, finally, on page 260 of the book "Salvation," we read :

"Not a single officer in the American government is for God's
kingdom under Christ Jesus."

No further evidence need be given to prove that Judge — "for
four days" — Rutherford is the greatest traitor in the United
States of America today. He identifies all governments, in-
cluding the government of the United States of Aniei;ica, with
the Devil. He makes civil obedience a crime. He is the lead-
ing exponent of treason against the government of the United

CANCEL HIS RADIO LICENSE

How the Federal • Communications Commission can grant
a license to him to broadcast his treasonable denunciations over
the American airways, is beyond explanation. How can the
Federal Communications Commission grant a license to the
leader of a group who proclaims that to salute the American
flag is a violation of God's law, and who states that every officer
in the American government is against God and on the side of
the devil?

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Any radio station that would permit a Nazi or a Communist
to proclaim that to salute the American flag is a violation of
God's law and to state that every officer in the American Gov-
ernment is against God and on the side of the devil, would be
summoned to Washington by the Federal Communications Com-
mission for an investigation that would result in the cancella-
tion of its license.

Why, then, does the Federal Communications Commission
giaul: .1 r.-idio license to the very group whose "judicial" leader
li;is preached such treason, not once, but scores of times. If
Lhc government of the United States is interested, as it should
l)C', ])ar1icularly at the present, in its own preservation against
the words and deeds of treasonable termites within the gates,
llic I'^cderal Communications Commission should immediately
I niiccl the radio license of the Rutherford group and notify all
oilier radio stations that carrying the Rutherford programs will
render them liable to suspension.

Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford is the prince of ter-
mites. He works for the destruction of religion in the United
States of America. He works for the destruction of the govern-
ment of the United States of America. He is anti-Jewish, anti-
Protestant, anti-Catholic and anti-American. The greatest
thing that his own followers, the Witnesses, could do, is to
repudiate him.

VII.

CONCLUSION

The evidence presented in this pamphlet proves, beyond the
shadow of a doubt, that Judge — "for four days" — Rutherford is
the enemy of Christ, the enemy of the Scriptures, the enemy of
common sense and the author of hatred and bigotry and treason.
The evidence has consisted of the "Judge's" own words. Only
a small part of this evidence could be presented in a pamphlet
of this size. An investigation of the writings of the "Judge"
will result in a complete verification of the evidence we have
had the space to present, and in a discovery of much more evi-
dence for which the size of this pamphlet is too small.

APPEAL TO WITNESSES

We call upon the Witnesses to investigate the truth of the
charges against the "Judge," which we have presented in this
pamphlet. We ask them to make such an investigation with
;ui open mind and in a prayerful spirit. We ask the Witnesses

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to be faithful to Christ and faithful to the Scriptures and faith-
ful to common sense and faithful to the government of these
United States of America. Let them investigate the writings
of the "Judge," let them read the Scriptures for themselves, and
they will find that only by repudiating the arrant nonsense
which the "Judge" has incorporated in his writings, can they
be faithful to Christ and the Scriptures and common sense and
their country. We hope that a copy of this pamphlet will ulti-
mately reach every Witness and every other individual to whom
the "Judge" has appealed for his own selfish and mercenary and
tyrannical purposes.

ADVICE TO AMERICANS

For the sake of Christ and for the preservation of our coun-
try we must issue this condemnation of the "Judge" and all
his works and pomps. For the sake of Christ and for the preser-
vation of our country we call upon the Witnesses to repudiate
him. For the sake of Christ and for the preservation of our
country we call upon all Aimerican citizens to beware of him.

When the misguided and "judicially" deceived followers of
the "Judge" stop at the home of any American citizen, in
order to sell the "Judge's" books and pamphlets, or to secure
subscriptions to the "Judge's" magazines, or to play some of
the "Judge's" rantings upon a phonograph, American citizens who
are loyal to Christ and the Scriptures and common sense and their
country will do well to adopt the following method of defense :

1. Treat the "Judged' caller courteously, charitably but firmly.

2. Refuse to listen to the "Judge" on the phonograph.

3. Refuse to accept any of the "Jitdge's" literature.

4. Give no money for the "Judge's" books or magazines.

5. Acquaint the "judge;'/' representative with the fact that the
"Judge" is the enemy of Christ, the ene-my of the Scriptures, the
enemy of common sense and the author of hatred and bigotry and
treason.

6. Urge the "Judge's" representative to be loyal to Christ, to the
Scriptures, to common sense and to America, by repudiating the
"Judge."

7. Give the "Judge's" representative a copy of this pamphlet.

If every American citizen, Catholic and Protestant and Jew
together, will unite in revealing and opposing the ignorant,
treasonable and bigoted statements and activities of the "Judge,"
then the kingdom of God and the welfare of our country will be
protected against the sinister attacks of him who is neither a
judge of the Scriptures nor a judge of reason but only Judge—
"for four days"— Rutherford.

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